‘I may be South African, but not here to batter Israel,’ says UN’s Navi Pillay

However, she praised South Africans for taking a stand against the killings in Gaza

31 January 2024 - 21:41

Chair of the United Nation’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Navi Pillay, says she is appalled that some Western powers are opposed to a general assembly referral to the International Court of Justice to declare Israel’s occupation unlawful...

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